Rivers state House of Assembly witnessed a very rowdy session today
for some minutes after two months of adjournment as pro-Governor Rotimi
Amaechi legislators battled five renegade lawmakers rooting for the
political opponents of the governor.
The minority lawmakers, whose agenda was to impeach the governor made
the impeachment of Speaker Otelemaba Amachree and other principal
officers the first priority. They thus stole into the House of Assembly
at about 8.30 am earlier before the normal sitting of the House and
smuggled in a mace.
But they met eight Pro- Amaechi lawmakers including the Speaker
Otelemaba Amachree, Chidi Llyod, the majority Leader and six others in
the assembly.
Frustrated that their coup was a mission impossible , one of the five
rebels, Evans Bapakaye Bipi, went straight to Chidi Llyod’s seat and
physically assaulted him.
As Llyod and Bipi were having fisticuffs, the Speaker who stepped in to separate them was also attacked by Bipi.
A free-for -all started, with blows being exchanged by both sides.
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